Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1995
The Employment Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1991
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1991 No. 1995
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Employment Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1991
| Laid before Parliament | 10th September 1991 |
| Coming into force | 1st October 1991 |
Whereas arrangements have been made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973[1] ("the 1973 Act") to set up an Employment Action Programme ("the Scheme"):
And whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that the Scheme makes provision for persons using facilities provided in pursuance of those arrangements to receive payments in connection with their use of those facilities:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 26(1)(a), (c) and (d) and (2) of the Employment Act 1988[2] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Employment Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st October 1991.
Treatment of persons and payments for purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule
2. For the purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order a person using facilities provided under the Scheme shall be treated as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the 1973 Act and, accordingly, any payment made to such a person in connection with his use of those facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment made in respect of such training.
Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Act 1975
3. A payment made to a person in connection with his use of facilities provided under the Scheme shall not be treated as earnings for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Act 1975[3].
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
Ullswater
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Employment
4th September 1991
Notes:[1] 1973 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19).
[2] 1988 c. 19.
[3] 1975 c. 14.
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